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And RStudio is an incredible IDE that can help ease that transition. My boss is an incredibly smart guy, but he worked in consulting for 15+ years and sometime
by cleetus 9y ago
And RStudio is an incredible IDE that can help ease that transition.
My boss is an incredibly smart guy, but he worked in consulting for 15+ years and sometimes cannot view data from outside of an Excel perspective. It can be frustrating to have him think that every problem is a vlookup and pivot table from being solved. I think it's easy to become a bit myopic with Excel. It's like if the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.
- dm319 9y agoYes, and after all, it's not as if learning R will prevent you trying out some models in Excel. In a life-time career, a 40-60 hour commitment for a new string to your bow that is as powerful as R is not a big investment.